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Forget hemlines and lipstick, crazy nail Polish is the latest economic barometer. In 2001, Leonard Lauder of Estée Lauder asserted that cosmetic sales increased as the world’s fiscal health plummeted, a phenomenon he dubbed the “lipstick index.” But now lip color has been overshadowed by nail polish, the newest cosmetic darling that has achieved a 65 percent increase in sales since 2008.
Nails can look funky, when time is spent on them. Photo / Flickr